by Sydney Smith on May 25, 2017
Why San Diego Newspaper Named 15-Year-Old Who Died of ‘Suicide by Cop’
The San Diego Union-Tribune decided to name a 15-year-old boy who died earlier this month of "suicide by cop" -- when...
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by Sydney Smith on May 25, 2017
Manchester Bombing Should Have Been at Australian Broadcasting Corp? Australian news site apologizes
Conservative Australian news site The Quadrant said it would have been better if the Manchester bombing at an Ariana Grande...
by Sydney Smith on May 24, 2017
OK to Publish Pre-Transition Name of Transgender Woman, Press Council Says
Most guidelines for reporting on transgender issues recommend journalists exclude details of transgender people's previous names and lives. Australia's News.com.au did...
by Sydney Smith on May 23, 2017
Seth Rich Story Retracted from Fox News, Story ’caused deep pain and anguish’
Seth Rich, a Democratic National Committee staffer, was fatally shot in Washington D.C. last July. Fox News claimed there was...
by Sydney Smith on May 23, 2017
Fake News? 2 UK Newspapers Apologize for Mouse in Protein Powder Story
Both the Manchester Evening News and the Daily Star reported that a mouse had been found inside a packet of...
by Sydney Smith on May 22, 2017
Pennsylvania Sports Columnist Calls Track & Field Easy, Apologizes for Belittling
A Pennsylvania newspaper sports columnist suggested track and field was easy and seemed to belittle the sport. After angering readers,...
by Sydney Smith on May 21, 2017
Donald Trump Inauguration Donations Editorial gets NYTimes Sued
The New York Times is being sued for libel over an editorial on monetary influence at President Donald Trump's inauguration....
by Sydney Smith on May 20, 2017
Welsh News Story had ‘Real Risk’ of IDing Sex Crime Victim, Editor fined $5K
Thomas Sinclair, the editor of the Ceredigion Herald, was found guilty by a Welsh court of identifying a sex crime...
by Sydney Smith on May 19, 2017
Did Trump campaign manager Manafort work for Russian billionaire to help Putin? AP said so, now sued for libel
The Associated Press's reporting on Russian aluminum billionaire Oleg Deripaska and Paul Manafort, Pres. Trump's former campaign manager, is now...